Coronavirus Live Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh News Today 27 June 2021

Covid-19: Telangana registers 748 new cases; 8 deaths

As many as 748 fresh cases of Covid-19 were registered in Telangana till 5.30 pm on Sunday. A total of eight deaths were also registered today.

With this increase, the number of Covid-19 cases in Telangana has increased to 6,20,613 while the death toll has reached 3,635. A total of 1,492 people have also recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours which increased the total number of recoveries to 6,02,676. As against India's fatality rate of 1.3%, the fatality rate in Telangana is 0.58%.

A total of 81,405 Covid-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours taking the total number of tests conducted so far to 1,83,27,887. As of today, there are 14,302 Active Cases in Telangana State.

While 121 new cases have been registered in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits, the number of cases remained below 100 in the remaining 32 districts of Telangana. No fresh cases were reported in three districts of Adilabad, Kamareddy and Komarambheem Asifabad.

YS Jagan to visit Gollapudi on June 29 to participate in Disha App campaign

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will visit Gollapudi on the 29th of this month. The CM will participate in the 'Disha App' campaign in Gollapudi. The government has launched a campaign to make the Disha app available to every woman. CM Jagan will go to Gollapudi to create awareness among the people. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh registers 4450 new coronavirus cases and 33 deaths today

Andhra Pradesh has reported as many as 4250 new coronavirus cases in the last twenty-four hours as of Sunday against the tests conducted for about 95,327 people. The recent cases take the total tally to 18,79.872. While coming to the fatalities, 33 new deaths occurred in the state in the last twenty-four hours taking the tally to 12,598. Read Full Story

Visakhapatnam: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu stresses on promoting mother tongue

Visakhapatnam: In order to pass on the benefits of the language traditions to future generations, there is a need for a people's movement to preserve languages, complementing the efforts of the government, stressed Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh: Heavy rain lashes out parts of Kurnool district, traffic disrupted

Heavy rains have been witnessed in many parts of Kurnool district from last night till Sunday afternoon. Kodumuru, Kautalam, Kosigi, Adoni, Emmiganur, Nandavaram, Peddakaduburu, Aspari, Bandi Atmakuru, Nandyala, Sunnipenta, C Belagal and Pathikonda mandals are receiving rain since morning. Rainwater entered into SC colony in Nandavaram mandal centre and several colonies in Kodumuru town. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh: Twin brothers of SRM college selected for Google Japan with Rs 50 lakh annual package each

The SRM college students bagged a job in the campus placements held in Andhra Pradesh with a whopping package. Saptarshi Manjudar and Rajarshi Majumdar, twin brothers from SRM College, have been selected by Google Japan and agreed to pay an annual salary of Rs 50 lakh. This is the highest number of campus placements held in AP since the bifurcation of the state. It is also the first time that two twins have received equal pay at the same time. Read Full Story

AP Weather update: Rain likely in South coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema for next 48 hours

The surface trough formed from Jharkhand to the South Coast continues to be stable due to which the rains are expected in parts of Andhra Pradesh for next 48 hours. Moreover, epicenter was reported below the Pacific Ocean, however; no tsunami alert was issued. Read Full Story

Revanth Reddy appointed TPCC chief

Suspense over the appointment of new president to the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has come to end on Saturday with Telangana Congress Working president A Revanth Reddy being elevated to the coveted party post. The incumbent president N Uttam Kumar Reddy has been holding the party chief's post since 2015. Read Full Story

TRS to adopt Sagar strategy to win Huzurabad elections

To checkmate the plans of opposition parties for the upcoming Huzurabad elections, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi leaders are likely to adopt the Sagar bypoll strategy. As per the plan, party president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao will address a public meeting before the poll notification is released, and Ministers and MLAs will be appointed as in-charges in all mandals of the constituency. Read Full Story